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L&st week we announced that the Chartists of Leeds had determined to try their strength in the annual municipal battle for class distinction : this Treek we hare to report the progress they have ta&de . First , then , with
HUNSLET : Here was the great fight . In this Ward the Chartists had first appeared as a distinct party ; and here were all the means of opposition concentrated to prevent their success . The power of the press , and ; he direct influence of masters over workmen were both put in active operation . Scores of working men were driven up to the poll to vote for both Whig aud Tory , who would have voted the utter annihilation of both , as political parties , had they been free to exercise their own inclinations . Bat they were not free I They had the " bag" shook in tneir face if they did not vote as the employers directed . They had but the option of starvation , or political subserviency . This was a cruel
alternative ; and from it proceeds the Whig a triumph" 1 In ihis work of driving up dependanls to the poll one of the old representatives of HunElet in the Common Council was particularly conspicuous . Wherever he had the least influence , either direct or indirect , he exerted it ; plainly hinting what the coiistquence wonld be of disobedience to his directions . It was not wise of this " fifty years' Radical " 4 hu 3 to conduct himself . He owed his election last time to the Chartists , against whom , on this occasion , he brought all his influence to bear . The time will come when he will be no longer " Councillor Josst f and then he will need the Chartist support again , or the Conncil Chamber will have
to lack his presence ! Bnt he will never venture again to ask for the suffrages of the Hunslet Burgesses . Before the term of his office expires , we shall hear of his declining health ; and of his wish to retire into private life . Like the spariel , he will save the Burgesses the trouble of kicking him down stairs , by retiring of himself . He already sees the foot prepared to administer the kick . He is conscious that his conduct on this occasion has earned for him the deep disgust and indignation of the inhabitants of the Ward ; he knows that conduct has stripped from off bi = Whig face the Radical veil he had covered it with ; and , like all hypocritical deceivers , he dare not look in the face those who have found him
ont . Spite of all the means of intimidation resorted to by both parties , the Chartists mustured well . Two hundred andfice&f free and independent men , registered their vot ^ s on the occasion . The superiority ef tbegronnd of action taken by the Chartists wa 3 felt and acknowledged by the representatives of both Whig and Tory parties engaged in taking the election . The votes for Mr . Hob ~ on were feh to be those of pure feeling and principle . Both parties knew that they were not obtained by tricky or by intimidation , or by any unvrerthy means . They knew , too , that those registered for the Whig and
for the Tory were peachable . So conscious were they of the means to which they were indebted for their support , that both parties stated in the polling booth , that had the municipal voters had the protection of the Ballot , Mr . Hobsos would have been the man elected by them on this occasion . In this they were ' right . Nay , had the "fifty years ' Radical" apd his fellow masters refrained from using their influence upon their dependant tradesmen and workpeople , the return of Mr . Hobson wonld have been certain . The * successful" candidate haa not much to congratulate himself upon . He has obtained the seat ; but it has been procured for him by unworthy means .
This election , however , has taught both the Whigs and Tories of Hnnslet a good lesson . It has enhanced the Chartists more than one hundred per cent , in their estimation . The good order they manifested at the election , and the truly respectable bearing and character of those who voted for Mr . Hobjon , called forth the commendation and open praise of both parties . The muster they made , too , under the very discouraging circumstances they were placed in , has taught both parties that they can never again carry a man without first asking for , and obtaining . Chartist support ! Bat parties know , too , that before either of them can have that support , the Chartists must have a man in of their otcn > ' Before the next election both parties will be lidding ; and at the very next -vacancy a ChartUt will be returned .
HOLBECK . Here , too , the Chartists mustered well . Nearly four hundred of them registered their votes against Shop-ttrakct , and in favour of Chartism- In this Ward everything was at a disadvantage . The Chartists were late in the field . They had not lime to conduct anything like a canvass . They had also to deal with a constituency already mainly pledged . Tie means of intimidation and undue irflaence were not lacked by the opponent , nor were they unexercised : and yet , in spite of all this , they polled just upon four hundred coles ! This has taught all parties in whose hands a future election is ! A Chartist , a known , recognized . Chartist , sits for Holbeck next tim «!
WEST WARD . Here , too , did the Chartists interfere ; and here , too , have they tanght both parties that they can , at least , spoil the sport of faction ! It was not expected that Mr . Hobson would succeed in this Ward , and he was only brought eut in it to teach the Whigs that they are not at liberty to insult and tyrannize over the Chartists without being made to pay some penalty . That penally they have paid in this Ward ; and it will be seen that the party will be more careful in future how it treats the Chariin ? , and how it estimates their power . The Chartists here secured the return of Dr . Craven , a pretty bold and independent man ; wi . ile they have also secured the rejection of a Whig . They have pa : . d off , both for the insult at Huuslet and in the West Ward iise f . In ibis Ward , too , the Chartists will have to be consulted and arranged with , before either Whig or Tory can calculate oa carrying their man . EAST WARD . The triumph of principle in the East Ward , on Tuesday lj > st , was such as no other Ward , can bo&M of . Tne Eist Ward was said to be so much corrupied by Tory bribery and intimidation , that no man of hore ^ t principles could offer himselr to represeat it in : he Town Council with any prospect of success ; asd vrhen we consider the sitsauon of tee burgesses , their deficient burgejsroL . and their pecuniary circumstances , it would
appear almost impossible . According to tbe report of tbe Enumeration Corainitiee , Vet . 1841 , there were in the B ^ routh of Leeds 19936 individuals Vi ' uo-s average income w ^ s Hid . each for one week's support , and in order to ascertain whether there v ? as more or less employment now than there were k ? z y ; ar at this time , 1 i-ave made inquiry of tbe d : § cre ? it employers as to the amount of wages paid by tr-s . ii : i'j the Srsi e : # nt week ? alter the firs : of Sept--n . ' ^ r . 1840 , 41 , ai . d 42 , and from three firms ' I have rtceivea written answers as tollow ^ : — 1840 1841 184-2 >' o . IJ £ 716 £ 579 £ ' 267 >' o . 2 . 735 755 434 No . 3 . 37 o 246 218 £ 1821 £ 1630 £ 9 ) 9 From three other firms the answer I received wa ? , tia : ihey had not time to examine their books to give tt a cwrect answer , but they paid Jess by above onetfcijd than they paid ifcst year at this time . And tt : e-i fiiX mills have ceastd to run since last year at th : s time . —From The above Teport there vrere in the East 2 , 106 indivicuais whose average weekly income was no more than 8 i-J . per wetk . . Bud as their situaticn was then ii must be a v <_ ry deal worse at the present time . Then taking into consideration the deficient s . ta ; e of the buT ^ e ^ roll , tt . e tx' . ifcme povei : y arid distress of the peopie , and the bribery , corruption , and intimidation of the Tories , it is pleasing to Sis such a glorious triumph , for trium-. h it must be ij iind that there are 2 o 7 men to be iound who will
record their vo : es , not teat tney were ail Chartists , b . u because they admired iLe principles involved in lie Charter , to do auto a . 11 men as they would be done by . Your rctice of this in jour valuable paper will greatly oblige , sir , Your humble servant , EfcWAKD St'NDEBliSD . It is in contemplation to have a dinner to ccmicezBorate so glorious a triumph , on Monday the 21 st iDsiani , whenthe / nerds of freedom will meet .
SOUTH WARD . la this Ward Mr . France , the wharfinger , his been carried in opposition to the Whig-Tory , Sir . Mitchell . Hepon speaks of him as being a Chartist ^ principle . jTe do not know of him as s ^ chj £ 2 d or course do net vouch fcr him . But his eiectioa is a triumph , inasmuch as it has been carried 8 gaiLEt all the tSbns of the Whigs 10 prevent it . NORTH-EAST WARD , la this Ward the nest disgraceful scenes hav < ken enacted . Treating and br : berv have prevailed bli &tst ls laaiembJe exunt . If or have taty " « . < coiifiaea to o :, e parly . BciH have br ttV ° thaB ' The Tory has succeeded We = hm-u ^ eai 15 : and ^ c are glad of it . o " ec 2 w v f owsetas disgraced had any KcS JM a a ^' ' - t ^ ^^^' a scat iii tte CouncJ Chualtx a : such a price 1 If seats are
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te be bought , kt the Whigs and Tories bny them ; but do not thtse who- call themselves Chartiste dabble in the dirty puddle . If they dot they will be begrimed . Casey of bribery have reached oar ears . It is stated that some persons bearing the save of Chartist , took money to v « e for Jackson , the candidate who also called himself a Chartist . We do not know that this is sc ; bat we crave for information : for if it turns ont to- be the fact , the whole transaction shall be dragged to daylight . We will expose all such practices that come under out notice , be they practiced by whom they may .
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BATS . —Mr . Gammage delivered two leetnres here on Monday and Tuesday eYeninjs at the rooms of the Chartists , 5 , G<ow&j ' B-baUdiDjrs ; the first vu on ' ¦ the present state of society a » d the People ' s Charter . " Tbe second " the uselessneM of persecution to put down Chartism . " CABQPSXE . —Not ^ ithsfcanainfr the depression of trade in tnis Tillage , the good cause of Chartum Ij in full Tigour , although poverty hath overtaken many of its firm adherents . On Siturday eTenlng a large and enthusiastic meeting was held , Mr . Da-rie in the chair , wbo made a few remarks upon the necessity of union and perseverance to liberate the masses fro » their
bondage . Mr . John M'Crea , of Beith , then addressed the meeting in a speech of great length and eloquence , which called forth bursts of acclimation . Mr . M'Grea traTeUed over the many abuses of our government and ably dissected the sophistry of Whig and Tory jugglery of the past and present times . The Strathblane band gave their services gratis , an example worthy of Imitation to other bandg , who are wishing to aid in the emancipation of their country . Several excellent songa and recitations were given durine the course of the evening . ' Votes of thanks were given to Mr . M'Crea , the amateurs , and the chairman , after which the meeting dispersed . On Sunday Mr . M'Crea preached two excellent sermons to respectable audiences .
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XjEEdS . —STEauKG BEEF .-iOn Monday last , a young girl named Emma Brown , was brought up at the Court ionse . having been caught in the act of walkingaway with a fine piece of beef . from the premises of Mr . S . Smith , surgeon , in Park Row , on Saturday evt-ning . The beef had been sent in from the butchers in the course of the day , and was deposited in a safe in the jard ; it was seen all right after three o ' clock in the afternoon , and , before five , as Mr . Smith was entering into his yard from BasinshaH-street , he met the prisoner carrying a basket . He suspected from her answers to his questions that she was not there on an honest errand , and his suspicions were realized when he examined the basket and found the beef . She was committed for trial
IhQOEST . — On Monday morning , an inquisition was iaken at the Court House , before J . Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Murphy , eighty-five years of age , lately a resideiat in the Alms Houses adjoining to St John ' s church . From the evidence offered it appeared that on the 21 st of October , as she was walking along Hunslet-lane , she either fell , or was pushed down , by which she suffered a fracture of the neck of the thigh bone . She was at once removed to the Infirmary , where she died from fever induced by the accident , on Saturday evening . The person alleged to have pushed the old woman down , is an insane female well known in the town , named Sally Dickinson , whose mavements are somewhat rapid as well as erratic , and who it is stated , rudely told Mrs . Murphy to get out of the way , or she would push her down . But of this , there was no direct evidence , and the inquest was therefore adjourned until Friday .
STOCKPOBT . —Tbe municipal election came off on Tuesday . The Chartists took little interest in the M dog-fight ; " the Tories returned ten out of fourteen . 2 tt . aNCHESx . fci . tt . — Opening of a new Temp £ Ra-vc £ ; Hotel—On Wednesday evening , Mr . Brown , Temperance Hotel keeper , New Cross , Manchester , in consequence of his having removed from his Old establishment , and opened his present one , provided an excellent supper for the friends of moral and political reform .
HTJDDEErSFlEIiD . —Philosophical Hall . — During the last week the inhabitants of this town nave been treated with concerts , by Mr . H Johnson , the inimitable violinist , and the Beven original 1 Lancashire Bell Ringers , who played a variety of airs , waltzes , overtures , & . c . in a sfyle which , for correctness and beauty , astonished the whole audience . " To estimate the exquisite tones of those bells in the hands of the performers , and tbe agility and precision ; in which they perform the most rapid and difficult passages , must be seen and heard . We may safely assert that , iu the musical world , it ia the greatest noveltr of the age .
On Satubday evening last , Mr . v incent delivered a lecture in the Philosophical Hall , ou behalf of the Complete Suffrage move , Mr . B . Robinson in the chair . There were not more thanitwo hundred pre sent ; it is worthy of remark that , on hiB previous visit , the Hall was crammed almost to suffocation . Tie change manifests the estimation in which he is held by the people . Human Gb ^ atness . —The following paragraph has been handed ; o us by a Correspondent : —Dr . Lockwood , of Kirkheaton , near Huddersfield , being out late oue evening a few week 3 ago , he deemed it advisable to examine hispotatoe cmp . On his arrival he saw a man , on which he got off his horse and walked softly up to the intruder and asked him "if they turned up weU I" Tbe man lifted up his head and seeing who spoke to him , ran off without giving an answer .- The Doctor told him " he need not run ,
for he knew him . However , the man got off . The Doctor mounted his horse and rode off to the man ' s house , found his wife in bed , called h ? r up , and was told they did not want a doctor at their house . At length the door opened . The Doctor entered , and without any ceremony examined the whole house , found not one moutbf'el of anything to eat ; he sat down evidentJy grieved at the result . In a short time the husband came , knocked at the door , the Doctor opened it , aDd he walked in . The Doctor then told him that he would not allow his crops to be tak- n in that manner , but requested so long as he wanted an 3 : for himself and family , to let him know , and he would see that that want should be supplied . He then left them . What would be the feelings of the man up to the time oi" ibe above promise 1 and what after 1 Would to God there were more persons like the Doctor .
Selling a Child . —A rather singular cirenm-? tance occurred in Haddersfield on Saturday last . On : he day ia-question , a gentleman sent for a woman to be at a public house not fifty roilcs from Lockwood . She arrived with an infant in hf-r arms . The gen ' -Unnn asked her if sue was willing to part with the child . The woman instantly replied , " Yes with both hands f and then immediately gave the sleeping babe—her own child , into the hands of tne landlady ' s daughter . The gentleman said ho would pay her " . or the child , and he accordingly ^ ave her £ 25 . Tne baby , we understand , was sent off the fame day to alanchester . It is an illegitimate child , and the gentleman is said to be the putative fa : her of it .
Great Horton . —Death bt Fire— On Friday week a fine ^ irl aged five years , daughter or' John J > haw , L * pp <_ r-Green , was burnt to death under the following painful circumstances . The child was piaying at the house of i ; s grandmother , when her clothes caunht fire ; the flames were extinguished by a man asm id Foster , and the child sent home , but bfi ' ore it airived at home the flames which still suiouJdered in seme par ; of her clothes , broke out again , wnen she wa 3 atain euveloped in fire , and so severely burnt that dehin pui an end to her sufferirgs on Monday
morning-USWOETH , DrimAM . —Caction to Parents . —A Jew cays ago , a person named Penr-on , went into a neighbour's house on business , leaving an infant child in the cradle to the care of one oi the children . The child incautiously went cut too , av . d the consequence was , a small p ; g which they were reuniig entered the house , and , seeing the infant '? - arm hacking ot&t the cradle , seized h immedistc . ' y ; and , had not the pl . rieks oi' the infant brought its me- ! her to i : instantly , in all likelihood the beast ¦ would have tateii its hand off ; as it wa ? , it IaceT 3 - ed it very much , and broke two or three oi its fingers .
ASHTOK-UNDEB-IiYNE . Chakge R 1 NGIN 0 . —On Sunday , October 16 th , the College Youths of- Ashton , a . scecd ? d the tower or' St . Michael's Church of that town , and rung a true and ccmplete peal of Kent treble-bob majir , consisting of 5 , C 88 changes , which were brought round in the space ot ' ihree hours and nine minutes .
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Singclab Ose or Svterstiticn . —The landlord ' of a public-house at Husband ' s Bosworth , charged a ! tramping woman with obtaining goods under the folj lowing circumstances : —During the absence of the complainant , prisoner came to the house and offered to tell the daughter , a girl of weak intellect , her ; fortune ; for which purposeEhe produced a card with j twelve marks upon it , each of which she told the girl j to place a shilling upon . After going through a lot , of ju ^ g hBg ,-she lold the girl that she must keep the money a few dayE , otherwise tbe " charm" would
1 have notffect ; to this , however , the girl would not ; consent , a 3 the money did not belong to her , but in . place of it she gave the woman five pounds' worth of ' clouies . Information ci these facts wa ? subsequently ! giviu to the Bcsworth policeman , who traced the prisoner to Lutterworth , where he found her at a . ktgii'g house , about to sh . down to a breakfast of ; beefeteak-s and onions , iu company with two men . : She was immediately taken before J . A . Arnold , ' E-q ., who commuted her a 3 a rogue and vagabond to [ the H « . use of Correction to hard lab ^ r . Cor three ! moaths . —Korhainplon Xlcrcury ,
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TO THE KDITOE OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir—By the insertion of the following you will much oblige , Thb Halifax Chartists .
FOR GB . SERAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Halifax first subscription . £ . 8 . d . Ovenden ... ... ... ... 0 5 3 G . R . ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 King Cross , Halifax ... ... ... 0 4 5 Bradshaw Lane ... ... ... 0 7 0 Wheatley ... ... ... ... 0 1 9 Siddill 0 3 1 Northowram ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Halifax ... ... ... ... 0 18 2 £ 2 8 8 Deduct for order and stamp . . 0 0 7 £ 2 8 1 Halifax second subscription .
Carpet weaver , Halifax ... ... 0 3 10 ^ i Per J-Prince , Boothtown ... ... 0 1 6 D . L . ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 T . W ... ... 0 0 6 \ % Friend ... ... ... 0 0 4 Siddill ... ... ... ... 0 10 Three Friends , per Dean Clough ... 0 2 6 D . H . 0 10 Mr . Smith ' s Book ... ... ... 0 . 5 6 , A few Friends at Sowerby Bridge ... 0 2 2 1 Lower Warley ... ... ... 0 3 10 , Ovenden Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 10 j Mr . J . Boys ... ... ... 006 ; W . H 0 10 : Air . James Foster ... ... ... 0 2 6 j Mr . Clay ; 0 1 0 ; Halifax Chartists ... ... ... 0601
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THE "NEW MODEL" OR " SEPARATE SILENT SYSTEM" BAST 1 LE , AT PENTONVILLE , NEAR HOLLOTVAY . TO THE HUMANE PORTION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
THREE KINGDOMS . " The sepirate By&tem is the most inhuman and unnatural that the cruelty of a tyrant ever inventPd ; the cells are destined to contain an epitome and illustration of all human misery , of "which the Baslile of France , and the Inquisision of Spain , are mere prototypes and humble models . ''—Koscoe o . n Bastiles . Esteemed Fellow-Citizens , —The twelfth bout 01 tfce ensuing Bight competes the second anniversary of my annual articles against this hell of tjraDny , and , consequently , the twenty-fourth month of niy eeifcreated agitation for its total and lecal destmetion .
When I rtfL-ct on the brief space which has intervened between this and the time when I first dce / ared war against this Bustile , tho movement thit I have created in its favour , and the succl-bs which it ia evident ¦ will ultimately crown my efforts , I not only see the band of God in this affair , but the whole power of truth combined with justice to effect the redemption of humanity . I have much to say why the Bastile in quastion should be legally desltoyed , when it should be destroyed , and who will be tbo means of de&troying it , but tie
Special Commission report * , and particular Teasona , prevent me saying much of the one , or auything of the other ; I will , however , for your information ( and in honour of Frenchmen ' s glory ) acquaint you with the fact , that ¦ whenever this Bastile is destroyed ( and destroyed it must and shall be , ) it must be on the 14 th day oi July , that beiDg the day on which the French patriots , some fifty-three years ago , destroyed their BajBtile ; and though we shall not destroy ours after the same fashion , ytt the day so signalised in ho .. our , must be reserved for an holy one for that purpose .
I b » po soon , and in despite of the bribery and intimidation that prevails , to create an anti-B-srila party in eithtr House of Parliament , ( and elsewhere if needful . ) Already I have had assurances indicative of the success which I shall meet with in the attempt , -which fnily -warrant me in saying that I shall be successful ; should , however , the Baat'Je-demons , upon learning this declared determination of my purpose , ( a puipose ¦ which , thank God , no man , much \ ess a demon , cud effectually resist ) , endeavour by force or fraud , bribery , ice . or the like , to frustrate it ( as tbe murderrus
manufacturers did the poor factory children ' s cause ;) 1 tell them here , and beforehand , that tbeir efforts will be ( as all such efforts ought to be ) unsuccessful , as I uLall not break the laws , ( the " beautiful laws , " most of ¦ which even the devil would be ashamed of ) , and those ¦ whom I fcball act in concert witb , -will acquaint rue with the names , Ac , and proceedings of all who attempt to seduce them from the allegiance which they owe to the cause and to humanity ; that is , at least , if they are what I take them to be , and if they are not , the Bastile demons may have them and welcome any day , as I want no Judas Iscariots in my ranks .
Ere I conclude , I wish te acquaint you with tbe fact , that notwithstanding the declarations which the bastile demons have made in favour of the driving men mad , or the murderous b&stile system , notwithstanding all that I have writ , both public and private , against it , and they would rather serve in Lell than abandon it , not one , no , not one Bolitary one bus had the courage to discuss , as I wished several to do , the question with me , they shrink with horror from the ta'A , and why ? because they know that my cause is just , my arguments irrefutable , and that truth beareth away the victory in all such casss .
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ml done , or rather , w » he ( like all other persecutors ) few not had the courage to do , tyranta being ever eowards , and I defy him to do-so ; M I am , fa this instance , right m the fullest mbm of the -word . I « re not for peraeeutlon , and I here publicly tell the tyrants who wotrfd use it . that as well might they attwiptto arras * the progress of Oftartism by murdering Kg first promoters , as to stay the anti-bastile cause fu ^ ITk , ! Sf" J having C 0 D 8 i 8 nea to other hands that which , in these days of muwlerowi persecution , I did no * think it right or safe to keep exclusively in my own .
In coHclusion , and It fa a conclusion that Is forced upon me through the complete monopoly of the Star's pages consequent upon the reports of the Special Commission tanals , I have to inform you that never were my prospects ia this affltfr so sure or cheering as they ate now . 1 bare advocates in either House , as well as persons who wilt willingly publish anything which I write , and for which , by the way , I insist upon being held responsible . I thank all those who have in any way assisted me in this cause , even though , as in many instances their assistance has beea
but little ; more especially do I thank one , whom for the present yommust only kaow as- " a peer of the realm , " and who by his valuable information has proved himself a tower o * Btrength to me . 1 thank them all heartily and whilst I charge yeu not to injnre so ranch as a single jot of the new bastile , I Charge you as men having an innate sense of juatice . aad a consciousness of wrong , to use your every effort tot the attainment of your all-riRhteons Charter , and then prevent the demolition of the bastile who can ! Believe me , friends , till death .
Your brother , Henry Dowem Griffiths . No , H , Winchester . row , _ , Edgeware-road , London-Wednesday 10 A . M ., Oct . 19 , 1842 .
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"PROGRESSrOF THE OFIUII W . * R .-" It is impossible to-read the accounts of thterailitsr ) operations in China without shame and di sgust- It is not war , but sheer butchery—a ferito in a well-stocked preserve of human beings . Captain Bifl £ h&m ,. pf'the royal navy , in a boohxwfeicb we- have not aetsv-but which the Standard haa-quoted witfc a justly indlgaant commentary , thus describes the capture of Ningpo : — "About 12 , 000 ( Chimasa ) advanced upon the sonVfcern ' and western gates , the gtuuds retiring before them . On the Chinese penetrating to the marketplace in the oratra of the city , they weve-reeeivad by-a heavy fire that
our troops drawn up . Tfc'is suddeu check so damped their ardour , that their only object appeared to be 4 & geb out of the city as fast acthey could , in doiug whisfc they were crowded in dense-masses in fci ) 9 narrowstrest The artillery now coming up , unlimited within oae hundred yards of the crowded fugitives , and poured ia a destructive flre of grap » and canister- - So awful was the destruction of human » life . that tba bodies wereobliged to be removed to -the sides of the streets to allow the guns to advance ; . and the pursuit was followed up by them ( the artillery ) and the forty-ninth regiment for-sttvera milts . '
Sueh scenes , it appears , aw continually rtcurring in Capt Bingham'a narrative . ' For instance , we read of tbe British placing a large body :, of Chinese between two fires , and killing six hundred with the less of only one man : " the Chinese could do nothing against tbe terrific broadsides of the ships , the shells , and the rockets . " Agafn , we are told of a Chfnese army thrown into confusion by tbe unexpected appearance of two bodies of troops which had advanced under cover while they were engaged wilh a thfcrd , . and of fifteen hundred of them being killed with tks-loss of sixteen British killed and a few weunded . No * * are the armed soldiery of China the only
sufferers" With such a tremendous bombardment as bad been going on for two hours in this densely-populated neighboat-hood , it must be expected that pitiable sights were tt > be witnessed . At one spot were four children struck down , while the frantic father was occasionally embracing their bodies , or making attempt * to Ato-mi himself in a neighbouring tank . Numerous similar seeti ^ s- xaere witnessed . " There can be no mistake as to these facts . The Chinese are a muscular race ; that they do not effiminately shrink fiom patn—that they can brave
deathhas been shown repeatedly in the comae of these massacres . But they have no practical experience of war ; they are ill-arrad ; and the tremendous effectsot British artillery , bombs , and rockets , are to them at once fearful and inconoei vabla The contest between them and the British-forces is more unequal than that between the surprised bewildered mob of Manchester and the armed soldiery of Peterloo . Ihey are hasked , shot , and drowned < without resistance , overcome by , their own sense of hellessness and their-excited imaginations ; and tbe details of the butchery are suoh that we should feel slebsned to see it exercised on oath ) a
or game . And it is butcheay of which there can . be no end- so long as British troops remain in China . The territories subject to the Emperor of China are as large as the whole of Europe . The superficial extent of the densely-peopled part of China alone ( the districts-on the sea-coast , the- great canal , and the two great rivers ) is more than tweu the size of the British Islands , This large spacers dotted at brief intervals with towns as large and crowded as our first-rate and secend-rato manufacturin&towns . The inhabitants are prejudiced against foreigners : they ate identified with the civil government of tbe country ; for the career of ofiico is open to every , one who chooses ta study , and schools and colleges , and foundations for poor scholars are
numerous . Such ; a population can only be kept in subjection by a present force . It will effect nothing to take one town and move on to another . : every town that is taken must be garrisoned , or after-the capture of every oecond town tbe- British army mml move back to retake that which surrendered to them , before it The occupation of China by tbe British must be a constant succession of popular insurrections and military executions . And in thfr perpetration of these continuous outrages on humaaity . one British army after another will beabsor bed , as a tall frigate is sucked down into a quicksand , producUtg no effects , leaviag no trace ef its having been there . The troops necesaary for the defence of the rest of the-e mpirewill be drafted off for tbe still beginning never ending conquest of China , leaving us naked tu the aggression of any eBemy . The Chinese Government
is aware of this source of strength arising out of its very weakness . It is strong in the power of countless numbers infinitely dispersed . It feels confident that though the foreign invaders were to kill year by year ten timea as many as they have killed since the war began , the natural increase of the population would more than fill up the vacuum . Army after army is sent into the field , where certain defeat awaits it ; town after town is defended with a foreknowledge that it must fall . The Chinese Government looks forward , and net without reason , to tbe time when their fierce and irresistible assailants will be Bttetched in sheer exhaustion on the top of the hetacombs they are slaughtering- — passing away lika pestilence , famine , and other mysterious visitations . And as the rulers think , so think and feel the people .
Is it a sign of wisdom in the British nation to persist in a struggle which can only weaken it ? Is it a sign of humanity to sanction such wholesale butchery of human beings ? Is it a sign of morality to do all this in order that u poisonous drug may lo smuggled into tbe markets of China ?
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MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY . The following strange story relating to a series of horrible attacks upon a young lady at Bradford , is detailed in a letter to the editor of the Bradford Obse . ver : —• On one evening in last January the heroine of this tragic narrative bad occasion to go up stairs with some linen . After passing through her mother ' s bedroom and dressing-room , the furniture of which sho noticed to have beeen somewhat discomposed , she passed across into another chamber . Upon entering this sha was surprised to observe , among other signs of confusion , that all the drawers of a chest -vrero open . This in some degree alarmed her , but being , though a very
mild , gentle , yet an equally courageous young lady , sbe procietled to scan the roowi mom clpsbly , ^ rhen she perceived a man partly crouched under the bed , but with his head protruded somewhat towards the window . At the sight of him she quietly put down the iinen , which she had in one hand , on a chair , and , walking to the door , took the key from the insiiie , and locked it on the out . She then guve th <* alarm , but as there were none but women and children' in the house , some minutes necessarily elapsed before assistance could be procured , and in the m * au time the nuiu made his escape by the window , and over the yard wall , taking with hm some of Mies Rigg ' s dresses , nor was he afterwards taken .
One Wednesday evening , about a month ago , at the hour of nine o ' clock , the Rev . Mr . R ' gg being absent from home 00 ministerial duty . Miss Rig ^ , who had been sitting in the back parlour with her mother and brother , had occasion-to leave them for a few minutes . In about six or seven minutes a candlestick was heard to fall , and there ensued an uuaccountublo scuffling and noise , then a s ' tiflid .-. cream , followed by one louder . Mia . Kig ' g thinking that the noisa c- ' iine from up stairs , and that one of the children , who bad-just retired to rest , must have set herself on fire , directed Mr . H . Rigg . torun and nee whvt was the matter , and she herself hastened after as fast a 3 her feelings of alarm would aliow . She had , however , just reached the dour leading down to the cellar , which she had to p ; us iu order to go up
st'iirs , and which was stamiin ; .: partially . opm , " when ilisaRiig came out p . ilaivsa covi' ^ e ,-ami lilfctiling about her neck , though ' from v > h : it ' pi . TticuInr parts tho Mood procetded was not at first easily seen , her neck ar . d shoulders being covered with Moo : ] , and her whiN dress from--her shoulcleia downwards ptescr . Uiv . ; a frightful appearance . " ilofcher , " sho cried , " a man in tbe cei ! : ii " 'ha « slabbed me . " Her ag ' on ' z-id and agitated parent ' laid hor on the sofa , and sent immediately for her medical ntt ' ehdaut , afraid IktscK to look on what w ; is done . Ou the arrival of Di * . F , it was found , lhat she hail been . mercifully preserved from serious injury . W / ien the miscr 9 : mt attacked her , she w : is in . the act of mounting the collar steps , ami consequently , <> n that narrow ground he could only assail her from hafcind , iu
wJjich position her long and thiyJt curJa interposed between his blade and her ntcic , and thore can be little cioubt s-ived her life .. She had , however , om ; deep , cut four inches . 'long , on tho shoulder , with fuur smaller ones near ' it ; and a-slight wound on her breast . In making his brutal atuuipt , the ruffian had btld lu-r by one shoulder , bnt her mopping the candia - prevented him from seeing precisely where to strike . He had , however , beaidss nflcting tho abovona-. utd -wounds , severed ; v large portion of her hair , which , from its great profusion and strength of curl , must nave required a very vigorous nnd determined ntvoke , o * perhapa a succession of strokes . Miss Riga distinctly heard her
niotlier direct her brother to see what wa 3 the matter , as her asEailant must also have done , and this made him quit his hold . lietreatiug by the front cellar , or under kitchen , be made hia escape by the but-k-dooj , and over the ' yard- ' wall . He had been in the upper rooms , had rauaacked tbe drawers , aad secreted some articles of value , ailing other things . 3 ome siiver spoons and had taken the r ; z . > r with wliicb . he attempted Miss Rigg's life from fcur father's during room , la his alarm be secured nothing ; the silver spoons he attempted to taku -with him , but dropped in getting over the wall , and tbo razor was found crusted with blood on the other Bide of the walL
What was the reason of hia brutal attemjt is known to hi uself aud to G 01 I . It ia not esBy to conjecture it . It may have been that be thought Miss fcigg had seen him , and he feared , through , her means , discovery . Ho may have been the same wan whom sh » had previously encountbred , and in that case with tba fear of discovery may have been united Vb . fc desire of wenge . Still , that , tlio man , unmolested , apparently unobserved , should either from fear of . discovery go the very way to insure discovery , or should so harbour levenge as to determine to attempt tbe lifa of an innocent , unoO ^ Kding girl , seems at first incredible . Yet subsequent circumstance 3 lexmer it ulmoBt certain that . tlw . l ^ ter is the true solution . ¦¦ '
. . ... , At any rate , the attempt uiubt be admit . ecr to have been one of the most cruel , unprovoked , and brutal ,-that was ever made ; and one wuid have thought that every heart would bave swelled . v ? Uh indigftuUgu 8 gainst
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the perpetrator , every hand have been ready to seize and consign him to justice , and that all would ba inspired with one eommon feeling of sympathy with the sufferer . Are the magistrates of Bradford , then , destitute of tj He feelisgs of humanity ? Are they to be considered so oerior to the ordinary weakness of mankind ? Or are vre to consider them inferior to the rest of men in sense at c «<» and feeling ? What the opinion of the public may be on these points when they consider tbe circumstana w of their conduct , I will not now anticipate . A
man \ « aa taken on the Friday after tho attempt , on suspici W at being the gallty party , to whose feature * MissB \ W < 5 ould swear as Identical with those of her assailant ¦ . with tbe exception of his whiskers—feature * which ev « T one knows can be disguised at pleasure . Yet with ' . tea testimony , and the full evidence in court of the cir . WMstances detailed above , the magistratesnot onlpvd-it « iss « d the man , but though he was known to bea fcHo r' of bad character , they did not even interrogate him ifis . to where be had been on tke evening hrquesttMb
Sir , being-a Vry myseJf , I would not be thought disrespeetfuHo ti * Tory magistrates of Bradford , but if my Whig-rMgifc % -ates had acted thue , I should certainly say 4 bat tbtirae&fe b and unreeling stolidity was utterly jwkbout ; ^ parallel , We know , however , our magistrates ton well to EJ y any suclfc thing of them . Gentlemen are- « rey a » l ! to » magistrate * , kind , fabc-rions , selfdenving , KnaaeJrter They would never , we ore sure , prefer their own eaa 6 te the discharge of tfceir doty , nor the call , of the din ler hour to tbe-call et humanity I H « weverv Sir ; 1 ask yt >\ x whether- such cosduet ia any but our magistrates vifould notrhave beea » considered unworthy * of tbeir nam e as menj inconBisteatFWi&b their office as magistrates ?
Bat , Sir ; on * magistral tee are wonderful- people ; won derfully cleve > , wonderfully pro / oaad , wonderfully s « bfcile-I They , it Seems , have discovered ( marvellous peneration ) ifaat Miss Rig ? was frightened sad fancied there was a i » an ! This , with h » r seamed a&ouklerin evidence before them . ' vLstotwhing discovery , tbisf noequjilled solution of this difnc » ltcase ! If in-all aff&s » that come-before them , they sbow equal pen « trati 6 a » espial aouruw , equal power of imagination , h&wblesaad is our good town of Bradford ! Did any before ever conceive of . fancy womding » peison , cutting oflf hair , pllfesing , silver spoons-, ami throwing araxnr over a wall ? Banoy , forsooth ! K » doubt it was fancy , too , in the patonof Dr . FAvrars who dressed the wounds ! This , Sir , would at any rate-be » verf active fancy ! And what has been the consequence of this conduct of these magistrates ?
Liateu , Sir . Last Sauday evening , during , Bertica time , as MiaaRigg was going into the book pnrlour for a book , a man followed her and stcuck £ » r vietently on the arm twice . with some heavy , instrument-. She- fell shrieking to the ground , and her- cries brought- assistanoe , which frightened away the . incarnate ftsnd who bad attacked her . He left the bouse without , taking or attempting to take anything . Her atHi-eshibita a dreadful contusion from above the elbow ce ; u-iy to the- wrist . Is this fancy , too , Messrs . Ma ^ istra ; ea ? What , sir , are we to make of all thw ? . Iiei « seema aa infernal plot against the life orVthis young lady , toaa whom there never lived one geailer-or more amiable . It can scarcely be doubted thnt it ia-oue and the sune man who has been concerned in all three aUempts , It is
remarkable that tbe last time be had his face blackened , os though determined not again to run the ristuof having bia features recognized . Allow ruts to ask , si ? -, what is tbe amount of responsibility which the magistrates have incurred , if , when he was ones-in tbeir power , they have again let loose upon the public , through culpable and selfish indifference , so desperate a wretch , and one apparently so bent upon the destruction of bis unfortunate victim ? It is a subject , air , to wring tsars- from the most hardhearted . Who can conceive the agony of the parents , tbe tefiiole . and ever-present apprehensions of the child , the deep distseaa of the whole family ? Who can estimate tke effect that such occurrences are likely to , have upon tbe nerves and constitution of tba agonized pareats and thft suffering child ? tho latter , just entering life . I
forbear , Sir , in conaideratioa to the feelings of all connected with tke family , to caz ? y- out tkia harrowing thought . But I vruuldask , for how much of the inevitable amount of suffering are our magistrates responsible ? I will suppose , however , that our worst fears may not be realised . With a firm trust in ProvkKnce , continued in the bear-ts of the parents by many nv-rcies and frequent deliverances already experienced , aud aided ia the heart of the child by the cheerful and sanguine spirits of youth ,. au » l a naturally sweet and happy disposition , I will hope that tbe tttet-ts tviii be less terrible than might have ' been apprehended . But does this diminish the culpability or lessen the weight of responsibility attaching to the magistrates ? By 1 . 0 means ; but the merit and piety of those who must in some measure , and in a great measure , be sufferers , must rather tend to ircrease both the one and the o&er .
I have finished my exposure , and I beg , S . r , to sign myself , Youtb , leBpectfully , Vi . ndex October 19 th . ¦
Just Publitshed, Price Ono Shilling, No. 8. Of
Just Publitshed , Price Ono Shilling , No . 8 . of
Wiui Nine Storsi On Ti 'Is Scotch Coast.—Inveiiness.—The Boisterous Weather Which Commenced. Upou Monday
wiui nine Storsi on ti ' is Scotch Coast . —Inveiiness . —The boisterous weather which commenced . upou Monday
ast week has continued ever f-ince , or no lintermission . Wind N . and N . E . The Duke of Richmond steamer left Gran ton athtr usual hour , and encountered the gales of Tuesday en htr way to Aberdeen , off which i-he dodged for : pomel ' mic , but the&raraa sohj /{ h upon the bar that it was impossible to get in . Captain Campbell then stci > red for Stonchaveu , hoping to be able to land his passengers there , and this being ; equally impracticable , he judged it i , i 3 most prudent course , for the safety of all , to run out to eea , and lie-to tiil the f-torm abated . Tnis he accordingly < iid , and upon Thursday , it having moderated a little , he ai ? ain made for Abevaean , off
which he found the Sovereign and Bonny Dundee steamers waiting for the signal to erorstiw bar . The Sovereign , a * drawing less water , entered first , then the Bonny Dundee , followed by the Duke . After a most tempestuous passage ,-the Dune reached Inverness . next day ( Friday last ) , and left-for Leithat two o ' clock nest , morning . Sho was expected to be here ut her usual time yesterday , but down till seyen o'clock tnis evening tlitre has been no -appearance of her . The North- S ; ar was also out in the storm of labt week , which came on upon ( his sidaof Flamborough Head . She was obliged to put into Buriiugton Bay , where fiho remained for tweiva hours , and rcachfd Inverness tii . baiiuday . The Maid of Morvon , upon the second day of the gale , after leaving ; BurKliead , was ¦ watchtd ¦ ' w ; ih deep
anxiety and alarm by tho groups of-people upon the Moray ( ride , tho wind at the time blowing a most terrific hurricane , the sea ruiiiiing iearfrJly high , an-J theve ? ael being on a Jee fihore . lo wns f > ared by the ypectators that she would ca ? , ; ij ) uii tin : I'ludhorn sand-banks ,. Lufc the capiain i ; i iho Maid , cqi ; a ! iy alive to the daukt-r , ordered ; -.. ii to bt ; made . Tr . o first hoisteiiivas- blown to i-a ^ . s bui a . wo ; : d attc-TOpt was more sticcesslul , aini wiUi i \ n > aid the htt . a witch got to windward , somuli : n < s completely buried out of sight , from laud m the yawni ; i »; . ttuifs bo . weea caci- successive billow . She an ivea zh v . eil ihu . t came afternoon -at five o'clock in Jiiveniess . Tuesday night and Wednesday we had ; i lorn ; Jail oi 6 U 0 W , and upon the latter uiaht . Uie wiud msaiu iuttcased with heavy sliovyersof rain , aw ^ uip-iultd wi = h freq-ac-nt flishca of lifthtuirg . — A ' o > s . k . 'dre Adve / Hzcr .
Revenue of the United States and of New York . —The gros 3 revenue lor the \ J : r . u d States for the first six mont ' 03 1 L 41 was , ac ' ciirding to official statements , 7 , 003 , 020 duls . ; for th .- ; .-. ' . ! :. e Period 1842 15 , 733 . 834 uuls ., bting an inertasc 0 : 1 , 7 ; 28 , SH . The waoie revenuo for tho y ^ ar }\' A \ is fatated at 10 , 146 , 6 ^ 5 , and the . rtvniuo for ibo Port of New York uioi . o , for the iirsi ihre * -quarters of 1 ( 542 , 13 stated at ' 9 , 911 , 387 dels ., which shows a great increase . — A rrierican Paper . Six months ago the price , of a quarter of the best wheaL was 70 ; ., and tho 411 » . loaf was th < -n 9-:. Ine price of a quarter of wheat is now £ 0 s ., and tne 4 b , loaf is 8 d . WheaJ has thus fallen 30 per cent ., and the diminution on bread is only Id .
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Rogisteted in Saini Pancras , during the last week , Thttuaa' M'Douall Smi ^ . h , ton of Jam « s and Esther Smith , of Liulo Clarer-don-sueot , Somer a Town . At Every-strcet Chapel , Manchrs ' . er , en the 9 ^ Oetobtr , the son of John and Rath Cftran was chsistened PoteT M'Douall China , by the Rev . James Scholefield . , " .
The Municipal Elections.
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS .
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LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . These sessions concluded on Monday night The following sentences were passed : — To be Transported Seven Years . —Benjamin Hall , 18 , Btealing a coral necklace , the property of Isaac Newton . Joseph Gatehouse , 16 , stealing printed cotton , the property ef Cornelius Smith . Thomas Elliott , 21 , stealing lead , the property of John Wales Smith and others . George Gregory , 32 , stealing trousers , the property of Thoruai Birch .. John Wade , 22 ; Btealing woollen cops , tbe property of Robert dough . John Downs , 42 , Btealing lead , the property of Anthony Titley and others . Mary Ann Bils ^ brongh , 16 , stealing shoes , the property of Richard Lee . Imprisoned Twelve Montihs . —Margaret Mot * . land , 17 , stealing a ailver spoon , tbe property of Richard Gouthwaite .
IMPKISONED Nine Months . —Thomas Fowler , 23 , stealing tobacco and copper piping , the property of Wni . Hornby . Imprisoned Eight Months . —Catherine Conotty , 60 . sealing money , the property of John Fallows . Imprisoned Six Months . —James Williams ,. 21 , stealing trousers , the property of Eiward MattbewB . John Holt , 18 , stealing three files , and some brnan and iron , the property of Joseph Homer . Thomas Warrior Coxon , 18 , Btealing tweed , the property oS John Cozon .
Imprisoned Foun Months David Davis , 18 , stealing lead , the property of Martin Cawood . Richard Thornborough , 42 , embezzling money , the property of James Greenroyd . Joseph Bathos , 22 , stealing shoe * makers' tools , tbe property of Richard Bock . Ann Cowburn , 27 , stealing money , the property of Esther Moorhouse . Jereloniy Chickey , 20 , stealing money , the property of Henry Allison . Elizabeth Chadwick , 13 , stealing a silk handkerchief , tbe property of Joseph Strgeantson . Joseph Barker , 19 , stealing brass piping , the property of James Blakey .
Imprisoned Three Months . —Richard Clark , 20 , stealing chisels , the property of Christopher Asquith . Patrick Managban , 20 , ' stealing a joiner ' s rule , the property of Joseph Fishwick . Jobn Bretberwick , 39 , Btealii g boota , the property of Ephraim Sykes . Esther Myers , 20 , stealing a gown , the property of Stephen Carrick . Christopher Gooi ? son , 21 , stealing a clarionet , the property of Frederick Markham . Thomas Stafford , 15 , stealing » flageolet , tbe property of Joshua Muff . John Griffiths , 23 , stealing an Indiana handkerchief , the property of Joseph Bradbury Robinson . Wm . Gainforth , 29 , obtaining sneks by false pretences , with intend to defraud Joseph Woodhead . Imprisoned Two Months . —Georg « Whitton , 42 , stealing woollen stubbing , the property of William Peck .
Imprisoned One Month . —MichaelLannagan , 15 , stealing copper and lead , the property of Wm . Shaw . EJw . Render , 17 , embtzzling money , the property of John Renton . : Imprisoned Fourteen- Days—Ann Davies , 53 , receiving lead , knowing it to have been stolen , the property of Martin Cawood . William Hudson , 15 , stealing trousers , the property of John Ray . Not QvihiY . —Ann Wood , 24 , stealing money , the property of E : i Kershaw . Mary Pickles , 21 . stealing money the property of Mark Greenwood . James Derbyshire , 22 , and John Dawson , 25 , stealing rope , the property of Robert Keddy . Edward Hunter , 14 , stealing copper and lead , the property of William Shaw . David Routh , 30 , Btealing harden sheets , tbe property of Jam <; 8 Watson . William Gibson , 18 , stealing brass
piping , the property of James Blakey . Abraham Sharp , 53 , stealing a sheep skin , the property of Stephen Sollett . John Wa !« b , 21 , stealing brass , the property of John T&ylor and others . Jobn Hartley , 39 , stealing a watch , the property of Admiral Crew . Henry Todd , 39 , stealing brass , copper , and iron , the property © f George Pt-arson . Thomas Elmsley , 15 , stealing a flageolet , the property of Joshua Muff . Ellen Boyle , 47 , stealing a key , the property of Thomas Thwaites . William Broadbent , 31 , Thomas Wade , 25 , and Christopher Wilson , 23 , stealing wool and slubbings , the property of William Wheatley . Thomas Grimshaw , receiving the same , knowing it to have been stolen . Henry Valentine , 19 , stealing twt-ed , the property of Jobn Coxon . Joseph Kemplay , 44 , embezzling money , the property of Robert Wright .
Bills Ignored . —Against 1 Anthony Furnisa , 15 , htealiDg cotton , the property of Cornelius Smith . Elizi Alderson , 26 , stealing money , the property of Efi Kershaw . William Graston , 28 , stealing iron , the property of Joseph PerkitiB . Mary Cullen , 24 , and Mary Ann Burns , 22 , the former with stealing , and the latter receiving a watch , &c , the property of Matthew Dickenson . El '' z * beth Burkett , 16 , and Jane Gawthorpe , 15 , stealing wearing apparel , the property of Elizabeth Jaekson . The proceedings terminated nt eight o ' clock on Monday night .
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BOZ S DESCRIPTION OF THE FALLS OF NIAGARA . ( From ? iis American Notes J " Between five aud six in the mornin ? we arrived at Buftjio , where we breakfasted , aud being too near the Great Falls to wait patiently nny where else , we set off by the train the same morning at nine . * Whtntvet the train halted 1 listened for the roar ; and was constantly straining my eyes in the direction where I knew tho falls must be from having seen the river rolling on towivrils them ; every moment expecting to behuM tint epray . Within two minutes of my stopping , I saw two prt-at white clouds rising up slowly and maj ^ fiticjlly fiora tho v ' tepth of ths earth . Tnat was all .
At , length we alighted ; aud then , for the first time , I heard the rush of water , and felt the ground tremble underneath my tett Tfie bank waa very steep , and was rilij . pery with h ; ilf melted iea and rain . I hardly fc : ; ew h * w to get down , but was soon at tha bottom , and two English < fiicers who werecroasing . and had joined mo over some broken rocks , deafened by the noisn , laif blinded by the ppray , and wot to the skin . We were at the foot of tbo Anierican Fall . I could see an imtticnse torrent of water tearing headlong down from eojuti great bt-iijtt , but hail no iiiea of shape or situation , or anything but vague immensity . V »' bt > u we wt . ro staled in U . « little ferry boat , and wura ci'issing the BWiiiien rivur immediatuly belorj both cataracts , 1 h-. L'cn to feel where it was ; but I was in
a ui .-inuer stuiined , and unable to comprehend tho vastaesa of the fictne . It was not until 1 came on Tat-io Keck and looked—^ reat Heaven , on v-h : \ t a fiiil < f bright green watur : —ih : \ t it came upon mn in its luii majesty . Then , when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing—the first tffiCt , and tha enilurhifj cue—infetnut and lasting—of the tremendous cpec ' -acltJ * aa peact ;—pt-. aco of miml—tranquiilitycalm recollection of thedtad— grea * , thoughts of « ttina \ rt st and happiness , nothing of gloom or terror . Niagara was at once stamped upon niy heart an image of K-auty ; to remai n there chaiigtiless and indeiiblo until its pulses ceast ) to beat for ever . Oh how strife and trouble of our daily life rectded from my view , and lessened in the distance during tbe ten memorable
days we passed on that enchanted ground . What voices spoke from out tho thundering water ; what faces faded from the earth looked out upon me from its gleaming depths ; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angers tears , the drops of many hues that showered around aud twined themselves about the gorgeons arches which the changing rain-bows made ! I never stirred in all that time from the Canadian side whither I had gone at first . I never crossed the river again ; for I knew there were peopl-J on the other shore , and in such a place it was natural to shun strange company . To wander to and fro all day , and see the cataract from all points 01 view ; to stand npon the edge of the Great Horse Shoe Fall meeting the
hurned water gathering strength as it approached tbe verge , yet seeming , too , to pause before it 8 hot into the guiph below ; togeza upon the river ' s level up at the torrent &s it came streaming down ; to climb the neighbouring heights , and watch it through the trees , and see the wreathing water to the irapius hurrying on to take its fearful p ! ung «; to linger in the shadow sf the solemn rocks three miles below ; watching the rivsr , ys , stirred by no visible cause , it heaved and eddied , and awoke the tcfaoes , being troubled ytt far down tho snrface by its giant leap ; to have Niagara bofura me lighted by tbe sun and the moon red in the day ' s decline , and grey as evening slowly fell upon it ; to look upon it every day and awake up in the sight and bear its ceasejfte voice ; tfcia was enough . !' ¦ ' ¦ ,
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TO THS EDITOB Of THE KOBTHEBN SMB . Sm , —It is -with feeling * « f the greatest pleasure that I write tbe » e few line * to yea , hoping that yoa will either pubiiah them entire or glv » the substance of them in the next amnber of your -rateable journal . Tuesday bat , being the day for the election of outgoing Councillors of the Town Cban « i , steps v ? eretafc « n to bring forward candidates pledget * Ut the six points of the Charter , aad I am prood to say . that the friends of freedom hava aoceeeded in retornfag seven of the Candidates that they brought forward * and which are pledged to do the greatest possible good to the greatest possible many . In the Ward of Deritend and Bordesley , Messrs . Field and Atkinson were returned without opposition y both ate pledged to the Six Points .
In St . George ' s Ward two candidates were brought forward : Mr . Alfred Lawden , by the Whigs and Sham Radicals , and Mr . James Clarke by the friends of the Charter . The following is the result < rf the poll at its close yesterday afternoon : — Mr . James CJarke ... . „ . ... 42 Mr . Alfred Lawden is Majority for Mr . Clarke 24 In St Peter ' s W » d , Messrs Whittle and Smith were brought forward by tbe Whigs , Tories , and sham Radicals , and Messrs . Corah and Perry , both advocates of the Six Points of tbe Charter , were brought forward by the friends of freedom and the Charter , and the following wu the state of tbe poll at its close yesterday afternoon : — Mr . Perry 73 Mr . Corah ... ... 67 Mr . Whittle 56 Mr . Smith 38 Tbe two former were returned . ¦
So far so good . Now for the glorious triumph of all . In the Ward of Daddeston-cum-NicaeLLa we have beat the Tories from their " king" down to their poor '' fag ; " the Whigs from their " darling" down to their " pet ; " and sham Radicals and humbugs into the bargain , in spite of all their trickery , threats , cajolery , and bribery . The candidates on tbe side of liberty were Messrs . Haycock and Gwyther , and the candidate of the nondescripts was poor ^ Mr . Blews . I esja assure you that , by this time , he is very blue indeed , for he kept open
house for all the traitors , tag-rag and bob tall , in the hamlet ; had a band of music parading the district all the live-long day ; gin was being drunk by pints ; men were fetched and carried to tfce poll nearly dead with illneBs ; horse-flesh and coaches were the order of the day ; in fact , he declared that if it cost him £ 500 he would be returned . He actually drove voters to the poll himself , in his own gig ; but , in spite of all , we have put him on the shelf , after one of the hardest election contests ever known in this town , either foi local or national legislators . The following was tbe state of the poll st its close .
Gwyther 461 Haycock 412 Blews 377 So yon see , Mr . Editor , that your advice has been quietly but surely followed , and being the first trial , I think that by returning seven candidates , advocates of the six points , we have achieved a great and a glorious victory . Next year we intend to be better prepared for them by looking after the burgess list . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , William Cotton . 88 , Ludgate-Hill , Birmingham , November 2 nd , 1842 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 5, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct623/page/5/
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